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Tag: birds

battle

2011 06 01 battle

crows and hawks battle for aerial supremacy over the bow river valley. I don’t know who won – I had to move on…

Author D'Arcy NormanPosted on June 1, 2011Categories ephemeraTags birds, bowness, canada olympic park, clouds, dandelions, grass, green, onbike, pathway, sign, silver springs, sky, spring, storm

breakfast club

2010-09-10 - breakfast club.jpg

I stopped by the duck pond to shed my jacket before getting to campus. These little guys were sure I had some breakfast to share with them. They’re certainly less shy than they were in the spring. Also, a little bigger…

Author D'Arcy NormanPosted on September 10, 2010Categories ephemeraTags asphalt, bird, birds, calgary, duck, duck pond, ducks, green, hdr, iphone, motion blur, onbike, pathway, pond, water

speedy mcduck

2010-09-08 - speedy mcduck.jpg

hungry ducks coming to check me out while I pause by the pond to shed some rain gear before getting to campus.

Author D'Arcy NormanPosted on September 8, 2010Categories ephemeraTags bird, birds, calgary, duck, duck pond, ducks, green, iphone, motion blur, onbike, pond, ripples, water, waves

chilled ducks

2010-08-31 - chilled ducks.jpg

they didn’t seem to mind the fog and vapour, but I’d bet they were a little cold…

I took the route near the duck pond this morning – something I hadn’t done all summer because of construction on campus.

Author D'Arcy NormanPosted on August 31, 2010Categories ephemeraTags birds, calgary, duck, duck pond, ducks, fog, iphone, morning, onbike, reflection, ripples, vapour, water

lake of ghosts

2010-07-31 lake of ghosts.jpg

we went out to Ghost Lake with some friends, who were dropping a bike off for tomorrow’s Ironman race.

Author D'Arcy NormanPosted on July 31, 2010Categories ephemeraTags bird, birds, clouds, ghost lake, lake, sky, water, waves

touch down

2009-11-12 touch down

the sun hit the horizon as I was riding home. I also got a bonus in this shot – I didn’t even notice the flocks of birds flying overhead when I took it.

Author D'Arcy NormanPosted on November 12, 2009Categories ephemeraTags birds, blue, bow river, bowmont, calgary, canada olympic park, cloudless, onbike, orange, silver springs, sky, sun, sunset

surrounded

2009-10-12 surrounded

At the frozen pond in Bowness Park, Evan fed the birds some bread. They wanted more. Always, more.

Author D'Arcy NormanPosted on October 12, 2009Categories ephemeraTags autumn, bird, birds, bowness, bowness park, calgary, cold, ducks, evan, frozen, geese, gulls, ice, pond, water

flock

2009-07-26 flock

gulls, pigeons, crows and other birds gather at the east calgary landfill

Author D'Arcy NormanPosted on July 26, 2009Categories ephemeraTags birds, calgary, clouds, dump, garbage, landfill, rain, sky

poplar duckie reflections

2009-06-11 - poplar duckie reflections

a family of ducks swims in the pond in the University of Calgary Research Park. The baby ducks are not very old, but are growing very quickly.

Author D'Arcy NormanPosted on June 11, 2009Categories ephemeraTags bird, birds, calgary, campus, duck pond, ducklings, ducks, green, mallard, morning, onbike, pond, reflections, ripples, spring, ucalgary, varsity, water, waves

spy hill landfill

2009-06-02-spy-hill-landfill-3

The Boy and I had a manly man errand this afternoon, taking a load of stuff to the city landfill.

Author D'Arcy NormanPosted on June 2, 2009Categories ephemeraTags alberta, bird, birds, blue, bulldozer, calgary, eco, environment, garbage, green, landfill, recycle, reduce, reuse, rubbish, sky, spy hill landfill, trash

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